Pipe cleaner



F. J. KEHLENBECK PIPE CLEANER Man. 20, 1923. 1,448748 Filpd Jan. s, 1922lFa-enlled llflar. 20, 1023i unaaan FREJD J". KEHLENBECK, OF NEWARK, NEWJERSEY.

PIPE CLE'ANER.

Application fi1ed January 3, 1922.

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Be it known that l, FRED J. ISTEHLENBECK,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, county ofEssex and State cf New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pipe Cleaners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a cleaner for snookers pipes which is adaptedfor use in diflerent forms so as to fit diilerent forme of bowls 01 suchpipes.

The invention is further designed to provide a cleaner which oan beoperated by the handle alone to permit an automatic adjustment cf itsblades to ehe loowl, 01 it can loe rotated and at the same time spreador coutraeted manually so as to 1nore positively localize the cleaning.

The invention is illustrated in the acco1npanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a side den of the cleaner in a pipe lo0wl. Figure 2 is anedge view of the cleaner. Figure 8 is a view sin1ilar 150 Figu1e 1 withthe cleaner in a bowl. 015 a difl'erent forrn. Figures 61 and 5areelevations of the l0we1 pa1t 0f the eleaner, illustrating thesuccessive steps in cleaning the bowl, und Figure 6 is a perspectiveview of one of ehe blades.

The cleaner comprises a suitable handle 10 which, in the fo1m shown, isof substantially Hat form and made of two plates 11 and 12 which betweenthem provide a space for the operati0n oi' el1e blades 13. The top par0f the handle is p1ovided wit;h an end piece 14., t0 whlch the plates 11and 12 are secured and which assists in spacing the plates apart andalso p1ovides a convenient 1neans fo1 grasping the device f01" turningit.

The blades 13, and for the purpose of illustration I show two opposedblades in the drawing, are arranged so that each of them independentlyrocks and slides freely on the handle. The blades, on their outer edges15, a1e adapted to scrape the inside of the bowl o1 a pipe so removeincrustations therefrom, and this outer edge is generally l0rrned so asto approximately fit the inner Walls of the bowl of a pipe on one sidethereof, having the lower outer edge 16 around it for this purpose.

T0 provide for such free rocking and sliding, each 0f the blades isprovided with a slot 17 which extends downwardly and inwardly when theblade is in position. In other words, such slot inclines downwardlySerial N0. 526,536.

toward the lower end of the other blade, and the pin 18 0n each side notonly connects and braees t-he two side plates 11 and12 of the handle,but these pins pass through the slots and thus act as pivots on whichthe blades can swing.

Suitable finger-pieces 19 are preferably placed on t-l1e top end of eachblade.

lt Will be evident that when the device is t0 be used, it can ordinarilybe used by placing it as shown in Figure l, which, in the case of heavyincrustations, gradually takes away such interior incrustation 01 liningin the pipe and cleans lt thoroughly, by hold ing the pipe rigid andturnmg the cleaner by means of its handle. In the case ol a bowl that islarger at the bottom than ac the top, as shown in Figure 3, ehe bladescan be made t0 engage the sides by pressing inwardly on thefinger-pieces 19, which spreads the bottom ends 0f the blades.

Another Inanner of using the pipe cleaner is shown in Figures 4 and 5,where one blade is advanced materially ahead of the other, and when thehandle is turned, t-he cleaner descends in the pipe, the upper1uostblade being gradually worked down into position toward the lo0ttom ofthe bowl, as the pin cf the upperrnost blade engages the bottom of theslot 0f the uppermost blade, which Will gradually f0rce ehe other bladedown into the bowl.

lt Will also loe evident that one of the blades can be entirelyretreated to its upward limit of movernent and the other one advanced,and one of the blades alone used t0 scrape the inside of the pipe incase 0f a very small bowl, or if only a portion of the bowl isincrusted.

1 claim:

1. A pipe cleaner comprising a handle, a pair of blades arranged onopposite sides of said handle, and a connection between each blade andthe handle, whereloy the blades can freely roch on the handle and alsohave a longitudinal. sliding motion thereon.

2. A pipe cleaner comprising a handle, a pair 0f blades, each bladehaving an inwardly inclined slot therein, and means for securing theblades t0 the handle through the slots.

3. A pipe cleaner oomprising a handle, a pair of blades, each bladehaving an in- Wardly inclined slot therein, means for securing theblades t0 ehe handle through the slots, and finger-pieces on the uppe1ends 0f the blades.

4. A pipe cleaner comprising a handle formed 0f tvvo flat plates spacedapart, blades arranged between the plates und adapted t0 abut againsteuch other, the blades each having a slot downwardly incined toward theother blade, and a pin on each side of the handle connecting the platesand passing through a sl0t in a, blade. 10

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have he1eto set my hand, this31st day 0f December, 1921.

FREI) J. KEHLENBECK.

